i have added my statusbar.xml for reference if yours is in a different order no big deal just put it last and above this line

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</com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarView>

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Step 5
Recompile the apk however you normaly would (there are so many ways i wont cover this here)
then push it to your phone and reboot.

If you don't know how or are having issues this is how I do it!

Notes: a. i have a file on my desctop that i edit this is a copy of the file pulled from my phone.

Steps:1. after all mods are done open up apk manager
2. type 22 hit enter and pick the file you were editing ( SystemUI.apk )
3. type 11 hit enter and the app will recompile.
- 4. Open a copy of the SystemUI.apk ( see note a ) in winnra or 7zip ect put that window on one side of your screen ( windows 7 snap too (windows key + -> or <- ) is awesome for this )
5. Navigate to the projects folder of APK Manager and then navigate to the app you edited (SystemUI.apk)
6. Navigate to the /build/apk folder ( snap this to the other side of your screen ) ( Note that the build/apk folder has the same structure as the apk file open in winnra / 7zip )
7. for THIS MOD only! you will need these files simply drag the 2 files listed below into the same folder location in the open apk in winnra / 7zip
- /res/layouts/status_bar.xml
- /classes.dex

8. Push the apk that you draged the files into to your phone with adb like this

9. whilst you have adb up reboot
adb reboot
+ 4. Open a copy of the SystemUI.apk ( see note a ) in winnra or 7zip ect put that window on one side of your screen ( windows 7 snap too (windows key + -> or

- 10. Proceed to next step

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Step 6
Once your status bar is back and running (you will have no battery bar yet)
Simply install "BatteryBarSettings.apk" then open the app and pick your settings!

Thats it ( I think )!

all i ask is you don't modify the about section of the app if you choose to use it! and give credits where credits due. feel free to change my dodgy icon and if anyone has a better one i will also put the sources for the settings app up on my git when i get git back up ( and when i tidy up and add comments ) and running in the next few days so that those of you running on source versions can cook it in from scratch. ( i don't think i need to explain how to do that if you are compiling sources i think you'll know what to do )Vissit My Git to have a Look

with some help i can probably port this to older android versions (<2.3) as needed but i dont have access to a rom to test it on currently. so if you can help me there let me know

Hope you found this helpfull! Let me know if this is not clear enough!

Q&A

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Q: I am getting a FC on this or that, can you help me!A: NO. We can't help you. Because what you just said means nothing to us.
We want to help you SO much, but in order to do that you need to report the bug properly.
We took care of that too, see here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1292625

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Q:OMG YOU STOLE MY WORK! YOU A!@#$!% etc etc etc A: I kindly ask you that if you have an issue with anything above to PM me so i can sort it out politely. There is no need to flame in the thread.

Hiding the battery Icons on your beloved ROM's
tested on 2.3.* ROMS (Stock ROMS, AOSP, CM, MIUI) may sork on others aswell but 2.2 and below have a different process.

for anyone who understands this stuff a bit this code here is what i edited for our TEAM ROM. this is hiding with an option from an app that sets a "global" setting.
look in the statusbarpolicy.smalii commented the part with "hide battery icon";

For everyone else what you will need to do is,

1. Decompile your SystemUI.apk2. Open /smali/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarPolicy.smali3. Find the UpdateBattery function.
this can be a long way down.
just do a search for "battery" and you will find it eventually.

Option A - Lock out the battery icon forever!

basicaly to perma hide the icon add this to the start of the update battery function after the bit that looks like this.

Notes:
a. i have a file on my desctop that i edit this is a copy of the file pulled from my phone.

Steps:
1. after all mods are done open up apk manager
2. type 22 hit enter and pick the file you were editing ( SystemUI.apk )
3. type 11 hit enter and the app will recompile.
4. Open a copy of the SystemUI.apk ( see note a ) in winnra or 7zip ect put that window on one side of your screen ( windows 7 snap too (windows key + -> or <- ) is awesome for this )
5. Navigate to the projects folder of APK Manager and then navigate to the app you edited (SystemUI.apk)
6. Navigate to the /build/apk folder ( snap this to the other side of your screen ) ( Note that the build/apk folder has the same structure as the apk file open in winnra / 7zip )
7. for THIS MOD only! you will need these files simply drag the 2 files listed below into the same folder location in the open apk in winnra / 7zip
- /classes.dex

8. Push the apk that you draged the files into to your phone with adb like this

hi there ; tried it on a SGS2 with the latest CM nightly and then with CheckROM 3.1.1 -- didn't work. no serious hang nor crash, just...nothing happens (I've done the decompiling and recompiling with APKTool)

hi there ; tried it on a SGS2 with the latest CM nightly and then with CheckROM 3.1.1 -- didn't work. no serious hang nor crash, just...nothing happens (I've done the decompiling and recompiling with APKTool)

well I thought it had it, hence me flashing it, but apparently not. either that or it's really really ... really well hidden. neither the latest SGS2 nightly (116), nor the stable rls (7.1) seem to have the top bar. i flashed the stable CM 7.1 yesterday evening and didn't apply your mod to the stable version just yet. gonna try that today and keep you posted (i'm in Czech, GMT+1, if you're australian, we might have quite the time difference here ).
what I'll do is i'll send you the unaltered systemui from the stable CM7.1 AND the same systemui with your mod, if that's okay with you ?
what is your method of choice for decompiling and recompiling, btw ?

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Originally Posted by pvyParts

Any chance of sending me your systemui and maybe grabbing some logs at boot and when you change the settings.

sure thing, i'll do as I said hereabove. also, which logs, pre- or post-mod ?

I apologize for the noob question, but I've never decompiled an apk before, but I'm eager to learn.

I used apkTool to unpack SystemUI.apk, and then added the files per your instructions, and then repacked. I then pushed SystemUI.apk to /system/app and rebooted. Upon reboot the status bar didn't work at all. When I looked at the apk itself it says "Parse error: There is a problem parsing the package."

I'm assuming I've not recompiled properly. I've attached the apkTool version I used. Perhaps I've some made obvious error? Any help you could provide would be much appreciated! I'll try again and see what happens in the meantime.

well I thought it had it, hence me flashing it, but apparently not. either that or it's really really ... really well hidden. neither the latest SGS2 nightly (116), nor the stable rls (7.1) seem to have the top bar. i flashed the stable CM 7.1 yesterday evening and didn't apply your mod to the stable version just yet. gonna try that today and keep you posted (i'm in Czech, GMT+1, if you're australian, we might have quite the time difference here ).
what I'll do is i'll send you the unaltered systemui from the stable CM7.1 AND the same systemui with your mod, if that's okay with you ?
what is your method of choice for decompiling and recompiling, btw ?

sure thing, i'll do as I said hereabove. also, which logs, pre- or post-mod ?

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Originally Posted by Ditamae

Hey there. First, thank you so much for this.

I apologize for the noob question, but I've never decompiled an apk before, but I'm eager to learn.

I used apkTool to unpack SystemUI.apk, and then added the files per your instructions, and then repacked. I then pushed SystemUI.apk to /system/app and rebooted. Upon reboot the status bar didn't work at all. When I looked at the apk itself it says "Parse error: There is a problem parsing the package."

I'm assuming I've not recompiled properly. I've attached the apkTool version I used. Perhaps I've some made obvious error? Any help you could provide would be much appreciated! I'll try again and see what happens in the meantime.

if I used the plain SystemUI from APKTool\SystemUI\dist , I get neverending FC. upon reboot, the status bar is simply gone and even the launcher's "Notifications" soft menu option doesn't make it appear. gotta reflash the ROM to set things straight & get the statusbar back.

if I copy/paste "resources.arsc" from APKTool\SystemUI\build\apk into the fresh SystemUI I obtain in APKTool\SystemUI\dist, there are no FC and the status bar shows, but your top bar mod isn't present, not even when repeatedly checking/unchecking/rechecking "show battery bar" in your app.

it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand & follow your tutorial, so I believe that my problem comes from somewhere in the recompiling process...
at work now, whenever I have 10min, I'll upload my systemUI apks

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